2015

ANNUAL
REPORT

2015

annual report

Momentum. Drive. Leadership. Commitment. Optimism

In 2015, Bridge House grew, refined and doubled down on our
commitment to provide innovative and effective programs to end
homelessness in Boulder. Our dedicated team of staff, volunteers
and Board members set bold and ambitious goals:

To open Ready to Work House and Employment

Center providing housing and jobs for 44
homeless adults

To expand our Resource Center to 5 days per week

To create more intensive and outcome-based case

management support

To be a leader in regional forums on homelessness

To collaborate with our sister agencies, Boulder Outreach for Homeless

Overflow (BOHO) and the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless (BSH), in
order to improve homeless services

Looking back, we are proud to report that we achieved our goals and more. Not only can
we say with certainty that our work is vital to the health and well-being of our homeless
neighbors, we can point to and celebrate hundreds of stories of hope, redemption and
success. We work with a diverse clientele - young, old, hearty, vulnerable, yet all determined
to improve their lives. Each person who walks through our doors is an individual who is
treated respectfully. We instituted a new system of welcome meetings to make sure
everyone is oriented and directed to the services they need as quickly as possible. As a
result, we more than doubled our case management interactions from 5,000 to 11,000, and
were also able to more readily link people to opportunities including our own Ready to Work
program, regionally coordinated entry housing placements, and local programs such as
Boulder Countys Housing Stabilization Program.
We also continued to look beyond our own agency and partnered with community
collaborators in efforts to improve homeless services across Boulder. Efforts such the Boulder
Homeless Service Collaborative, our collaboration with BOHO and BSH, exemplify our
commitment to work together to improve client experience and better serve those in need.
In partnership, with gratitude,

Board of Directors
Dennis Arfmann - Board President
Barbara Bennett
Linda Caven - Secretary
George Epp
Allan Graham
Hillary Hall
Danny Hassan - Vice President
Roger King
Chuck Lief

Bobby Pelz
John Pollak - Treasurer
Peter Resnick
John Sheldon
Fred Smith
Meredith Spear - Vice President
Jay Young

Our Leadership Staff

Isabel McDevitt - Executive Director
Vera Line - Director of Finance and Operations
Widd Medford - Ready to Work Program Director
Heather Pauze - Director of Bridge House Case Management
John Trejo - Executive Chef
Emily Messina - Development Director
Scott Medina - Volunteer Coordinator

Isabel McDevitt
Executive Director

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Victors Story
Victor, a Ready to Work trainee,
generously shared his story about his
amazing transition from homelessness
to our Ready to Work program. Please
read his story and learn about the
transformative power of Bridge Houses
Ready to Work program.
Before Victor became homeless, he
had dreams of becoming a sous chef.
He went to school to earn his cooking
degree, finished a two-year program,
and was on his way. Then he hit a bump in the road.
Victor had been living with and taking care of his mother for 2 years. When she needed
more help than he could give her, she moved into an assisted living facility. Without his
mother to care for, Victor lost his home and ended up living on the street penniless
and scared.
For months he carried around everything he owned in a cart and was forced to look
for food in dumpsters. While on the street, another homeless individual reached out to
Victor and took him under his wing. He showed Victor the safe places to sleep, where
to eat and take showers. One day he took Victor to Bridge House for breakfast and
Victor finally had a warm meal, the first he had eaten in a long time.
At one point, Victor had all of his possessions stolen. With only the clothes on his
back, he went to Bridge House for help. Not only did he receive regular meals, the
case managers also helped him replace his lost clothing and gave him bus fare to go
to doctors appointments for his asthma and high blood pressure. Victor also wanted
a job, but found it difficult to be taken seriously by potential employers while still
homeless. With the help of Bridge Houses Resource Center, he learned about the
Ready to Work program and applied in June of 2015.

I felt low when I was living on the street, but I have always been a
glass half-full sort of person. I had hope for change and I had my faith in
God to see me through.
Once Victor was accepted into the program he worked on the Ready to Work
contract with Boulders Opens Space and Mountain Parks Division to build
trails, provided supplemental sanitation on the Pearl Street Mall and harvested
vegetables at a local farm. In August, when Bridge House opened the Ready to
Work House and Employment Center, Victor was one of the first residents
to move in.
While working on the Ready to Work crew, Bridge Houses employment specialist
helped Victor find another part-time job at a local King Soopers to supplement his
income. Eventually, King Soopers offered him a full-time position where he soon
afterwards earned the Employee of the Month award.
Joining Ready to Work was the best thing I could have done for myself, Victor
said. My life had purpose again and I was able to change the direction I was
going in. During my time on the street I could have given up and started drinking,
but I chose to work on changing my situation.
With the support of Ready to Work case managers, transitional employment and
housing, Victor had the tools he needed to transform his life. Over the next several
months, Victor was able to save money and regain his self-confidence.
Victor says his mom is doing well in assisted living and calls her every week. She
is so proud of his accomplishments and how he took the initiative to change his
life. Victor appreciates the opportunity that Ready to Work has given him and is
very thankful to Isabel McDevitt and the entire Ready to Work staff for all of the
support they provided.
This is just one of the many success stories about how Bridge Houses Ready to
Work program is changing the face of homelessness in Boulder.

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Bridge House Adds Housing in 2015!

In August, we opened our new Ready
to Work House and Employment
Center creating community housing
for 44 Ready to Work trainees who
are transitioning out of homelessness.
All of our Bridge House staff, Board
members and community partners
worked diligently to get our Ready to
Work House up and running. The hard
work paid off! Together we built a safe
community with supportive services
where the trainees can break their
barriers to employment and housing.
Opening our Ready to Work House allowed us to expand the program
from 16 to 44 trainees. All the trainees are paid and work in one of our
social enterprises Landscaping or Community Table Kitchen. They all
have the opportunity to live at our Ready to Work House for a year while
they learn important skills and establish a work and rental history in order
to transition into mainstream employment and housing. This expansion is
changing lives one person at a time.

annual report

Visits to Community Table Meals

22,726

Op en 270 da ys

Visits to Resource Center

4,716

Op en 107 da ys

Visits to Day Shelter

32,672

Unduplicated
individual
visits to
Bridge House
Programs

3,228

O pe n 246 da ys

Thank you to all the Bridge House supporters that

made this venture possible.

Meals
Served

71,734

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Clients
provided with
Prescription
Assistance

306

300

IDs Provided

CASE MANAGEMENT
INTERACTIONS AT
BRIDGE HOUSE

139

Clients
employed

Medical &
Mental Health

1,603
529

Substance
Abuse

Times clients
were assisted
with benefits

4,163

Total case
management
interactions
in 2015

11,509
Age of clients
15-34 43%
35-54 42%
55 & older 15%
Employment
Assistance
Appointments

Such as Medicaid
& Food Stamps

2,867

Housing

976
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2015 Revenue
36%

Individuals

$651,581

23%

Foundations

$417,575

10%

Ready To Work Landscaping Social Enterprise

$190,615

8%

CO State Funding

$138,657

7%

City & County Grants

$133,191

7%

Community Table Kitchen Social Enterprise

$122,040

5%

Corporations

$88,382

2%

Faith Community

$41,376

1%

Ready to Work Rent

$20,692

1%

In-Kind Donations

$12,910

Interest and Other

$7,764

0%

1%
0%

Total

$1,824,783

annual report

2015
Expenses

Client Programs
& Services
$1,492,394

Administrative
$143,570

Fundraising
$152,071

Total

$1,788,035

8.5%

8%
Administrative

Fundraising
Client Programs
& Services

83.5%

1%
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Our Donor List

$50,000 - $200,000

Adolph Coors Foundation

Anonymous
Colorado State Funding
Daniels Fund
Four Points Foundation
The City of Boulder
William & Judith Wolpert

$20,000 - $49,999
Boulder County
Harmes C. Fishback
Foundation Trust
Isabel A. Schoenberg
Susan K. Allen

$5,000-$19,999

A.V. Hunters Trust, Inc

Al and Gail Gerrish
Anonymous
Anschutz Family Foundation
Audi Boulder
Bank of the West
Bogen Family Charitable Trust
Bellock Morrison Family Foundation
Charlton & Eleanor Ames
CleanWell
CoBiz Cares Foundation
Community Food Share
Cornerstone Church of
Boulder Valley
Crestview Church
Dan & Nancy Freeberg
David C & Melinda Wilson
First National Bank of Omaha
Foothills United Way
Foothills United Way EFSP
Gerrish Foundation
Harold Osteen & Midge Korczak
Ironman Foundation
John & Jill Sheldon
John G. Duncan Trust
John M. Horner
Justin & Julie Larrabee
L & N Andreas Foundation
Michael Kelley
Mike & Nancy Berman
Pangaea Foundation
Red Empress Foundation
Robert & Erna Maj Pelz
Roger & Lucy King
Scott Peppett & Kellie Zell
Stanley Brown & Pamela Barsam Brown
Steffens Foundation
The Ball Foundation
The Community Foundation
Anonymous Fund
The Community Foundation
Entrepreneurs Fund of CO
The Kerr Foundation
Urban Mattress Sleep
Specialists, Inc.
Virginia Hill Foundation

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Walters & Hogsett LLC
Western Digital Foundation
Willow Boulder

$1,000-$4,999

Aaron Brockett
Allan & Joan Graham
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Barbara & Daniel Miller
Barbara Kinsey Sable
Barbara Tomash & Ed Bussa
Benjamin West
Boulder Friends Meeting
Bowana Foundation
Brian Volkman
Brooke Alt & William Huffer
Bryce & Adrienne Ambraziunas
Burton & Judy Resnick
Calvin & Melanie Gauss
Carleton Howard
Carol & George Born
Celestial Seasonings
Charles Thabault
Chris & Kathy Squadra
Christine & Matthew Suchor
Cisco Global Hunger Relief
Campaign 2012
Citywide Banks
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Collins Foundation
Colorado State Bank &
Trust Foundation
Craig & Heather Neugeboren
Cynthia Jones
Daniel Maher
Daniel & Sharon Hassan
Deborah Parks & Mark Bouzek
Dennis Arfmann & Julie Brown
Diane & Chuck Sheldon
Dietz & Davis PC
Donald Stonebraker
Dr. Bob & Catherine Murphy
Dr. James & Judith Rhoads
Edward Hall
First Congregational Church Boulder
First Presbyterian Deacons Fund
First United Methodist Church Boulder
Forrest & Virginia Carhartt
Franklin P Medford III
Gary Gomulinski
George Epp & Kenda Peterson
Greg Evans
Gregory Edwards
Gregory & Jo-Ann Beserra
HITT Contracting Inc.
Howard P. Colhoun Family Fund
Immaculate Conception
Catholic Church
Israel Family Foundation
Jan Jackson
Jason & Rachel Cole
Jason Schroeder
Jeffrey B. & Susan Wallace
Jennifer Budacz
Jerry Davidson
John McDevitt
John Gossard
John Wilker

John & Nancy Wittemeyer

John R. Woods Foundation
JustGive
Kelley Ryan & Wayne Chavez
Kevin & Donna Koepping
Kim Gould
Kuni Automotive
Leonard Hortick
Leslie Lomas
Lester Houtz & Valerie Anderson
Longmont Housing &
Community Investment
Lynn Morgan
Madeline Day
Maria Bryant
Mary Kaiser
Maxwell Art Advisory Inc.
Megan Brogan
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Michael & Linda Wood
Michael & Rebecca Fellows
Michael Chapman & Barbara Bennett
Mitchell & Stephanie Campbell
Mosaic Architects PC
Myron & Barbara Gutmann
Nicholas & Lillian Sutcliffe
Paul & Claire Walker
Paul Harris & Janet Eden-Harris
Peter & Meredith Spear
Phil Harris
Philip Nicholson & Elizabeth Markham
Pine Street Church
Hoops Family Foundation
Ronald & Alison Mullin
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church
St. Johns Episcopal Church
Stanley & Lois Kruschwitz
Steven & Donna Spearman
Surrie Hobart
Susan Becker & James Beall
Ted & Sallye Howard
Terri Benjamin
The April Fund
The Benevity Community Impact Fund
The Community Foundation
S. A. Gardner, Fund
The Community Foundation
Eberspacher Family
The Community Foundation
August First Fund
The Community Foundation
The Flagg Family
The Community Foundation
The Murphy Family
The Hoops Family Foundation
The Jean & Henry Pollak Foundation
The PAJWELL Foundation
The Roskind Family Foundation
Tim & Heather Bulk
Tim & Linda Stancliffe
Tom & Cheryl Johnson
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
VMware Foundation
Walmart Foundation
Webroot
Whole Foods Market
William & Jan Treadwell
William & Aimee Day
William Whiteside & Gina Jones
Z2 Entertainment - Boulder Theater

$500-$999

Alexandra Ames & James Lawrence

Andrew Becker
Andy & Audrey Franklin
Anita McCabe
Anne Ross
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Arnold & Millie Williams
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Barbara Long & Patrick Bird
Bob & Louisa Matthias
Carol Ciufolo
Carol Fier
AMG Charitable Gift Foundation
Cindy Marcy
Claudia VanWie
Community United Church of Christ
ConocoPhillips
Dana Heather
Daniel Johnson
David Weisblatt
Deborah & Donald Dodge III
Doug & Debbie Keene
Edward Cepulis
Edward & Isabel McDevitt
Eric Williams
Eric Lees
Gregory & Mary Wilson
Heather Dave
Henry, Waters & Associates
James Koehler
James & Judith Warner
James & Valerie Kindgren
Jamie Krapohl & Jill Bucher
Jane Menken & Richard Jessor
Jeanne & W. F. Utlaut
Jennifer & Chris Douglass
Jill Decker
Jim Bryant
John & Lynn Bollinger
John & Susan Pollak
John and Amanda Lee Sessa
John C Price
Josie & Rollie Heath
Julie Zahniser
Karsten Witt
Katherine & Patrick Lacz
Kathy & Jim Raybin
Kaye Howe
Kristin Kalush
Lawrence & Rosemary Arp
Lee Gilbert
Liz & John Hinebauch
Lynn & Karon Johnson
Maribel Williams
Mary & Lee Rozaklis
Mary K. Addison
Mary Steffens Schweitzer
Michael & Greta Quintana
Michael & Carolyn Freece
Michael Browning & Frances Hartogh
Mount Calvary Lutheran Church
Mountain View United

Methodist Church
Neil & Martha Palmer
Pamela & Kurt Medina
Peter Bakwin
Philip & Marlys Robertson
Phillips & Jennifer Geraghty
Rebecca Trafton
Reuben & Rachel Zylstra
Richard Goldman
Richard Baker
Robert Sargent
Robert & Carol Gocke
Robert & Linda Schwall
Robin Spitz & Dan Mitchell
Sally Powell-Ashby
Sally Laventure
Sean & Cheryl McConnell
Steve & Amy Carpenter
Taylor Dudley
The Community Foundation
Doorways Disabled Gift
Timothy & Mary Black
Trudy & Scott Gygi
Tyler Forman
Warren & Barbara Leggate
Wesley Hobson
William & Jennifer Hall Bowman
William & Martha Jones
Win & Cinda Johnson

$250-$499

Andre Chekan
Andrea Viger
Andrew & Francesa Gettelman
Andy McNutt
Ann Weikmann
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Arthur Wouk
Audrey Debroux
Barbara & Lloyd Johnson
Betty & Richard Valent
Brian Bair
Brian Coppom
Bruce & Tracy Patch
Chuck Lief
Claudia Gutierrez
Congregation Har Hashem
Curt Viebranz
Cynthia Harris
Dale & Betty Porter
Daniel Catlin
David Williard
David & Lisa Nesmith
David & Suzanne Hoover
David Harrison & Cindi Yaklich
Deborah Gardner
Dennis & Lois Ann Barnacle
Diana Grover
Donald Farnan
Donna Rohde
Douglas & Linda Caven
Dr. Joel Montbriard &
Susan Goodnature
Dr. Lane and Nancy Lasater
Edward & Jacqueline Arnold
Eve Ilsen
First Citizens Bank
Foothills Bridge Company

Francesca Painter
Gerhard & Ann Langer
Gordon & Katherine Day
Hari & Meera Narahari
Hope Boulder Foursquare Church
Imogene Smith
Irene Blair & David Houston
Jack and Sue Witkin
James Maguire
James & Edith Hooton
James Knapp & Tiffany Myers
Jan Burton
Jane Brautigam
Janet & David Shikles
Jennifer Bergquist
Jim & Edie Hooton
Joan & Sam Hay
John Feinberg
John & Denise McCorvie
Jyotsna & Rishi Raj
Keith & Jeanne Crouch
Kenneth Goldman
Kevin Knapp
Kristen Lewis & Charles Forman
Laura & Rich Anfinson
Laurel Dotter
Lawrence & Sandra Cohn
Lisa Morzell
Liz Schoeberlein
Mandy Wright
Mark & Melissa Grylicki
Mark Stoddard & Lynn Weatherwax
Martha McGavin
Mechanical Masters, Inc.
Meera & Hari Narahari
Michael Miller
Michael & Anne Fenerty
Paul & Jan Commander
Peter & Suzanne Birkeland
Porter & Gail Storey
Qualcomm Foundation
Regina Cannon
Reverend Lada Hardwick
Richard Sassoon
Richard & Elaine Andrews
Richard Collins & Judith Reid
Robert & Sheila Atchley
Robin Seidner
Rochelle Jagneaux
Rosemary Wrzos
Salesforce.org - Matching Grants
Sandra Weeks
Shelley Dunbar
Sheri Walsh
Stan Garnett
Stanley Gill & Lucia Drury Gill
Steve & Cathy Ellis
Sue Masterson & Mary Dineen
Susan Soklin
Susannah Jordan
Tessa Sage Flores
The Britton Family
The Community Foundation
Michl Fund
The Culver Family Foundation
Thomas & Patricia Angerer
Thrivent Choice
Twisted Pine Brewing Co.
Virginia Perry
Virginia Lane & Michael Zupko
William Hughes

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32,672

3,228

We couldnt have done it without you!

Thank you from our Board, staff and clients!
The time, talents and treasure given to Bridge
House by over 600 tireless volunteers and 900
generous donors each year is humbling. Whether
you prepare meals at Community Table Kitchen,
mentor trainees, or
support us with an annual
or monthly gift, you are
changing the lives of
homeless and working
poor individuals
in Boulder.

Meals
Served

71,734

15-34
43%
35-54
42%
55 & older
15%

28%
female
1%
transgender
71% male

Currently employed

84% no
14% yes

Length of homelessness
of clients who used
case management

Housing 660
Mental Health 241
Employment 605
Benefits 726
Medical 308

94%

27%

4,716

1,730

Reasons
clients came to
Bridge House

Chronically homeless

Colorado Capital Management

individual
Gary Gomulinski, & Cynthia Jones
Open 2 7 0 d a y s / Citywide Banks
visits to
Vapor Distillery
Amanda and JohnBridge
Sessa-SWBC
Mortgage
House
Visits to Resource Center
The Stager Gauss Group -Merrill Lynch
Wealth Management Programs
The Jan Jackson Family
Audi Boulder
Hazels Beverage World
CleanWell
Ope n 1 0 7 d a y s Boulder Beer
The John and Jill Sheldon Family
Eight Days A Week
WebRoot
Sysco Foods
Visits
to Day Shelter
Walters and Hogsett Fine
Jewelers
Sanderson Farms
Willow Boulder
Polidori Sausage
Harmes C. Fishback Foundation
Pastores Italian Distributing
Foundation/ Jenna and Walker Stapleton
First Citizens Bank
Z2 Entertainment LLC- Boulder Theater
Flatirons
Wealth Strategists
Op
en
2
4
6
days
Mosaic Architects PC
LPL Financial
Hitt Contracting
North Boulder Dental Group
Henry Waters and Associates

Age of clients

Less than 3 mo.

22,726

Unduplicated
Dietze & Davis, P.C.

Unduplicated
people receiving
case management

33%

Our Table
Event Sponsers
Visits to Community
Meals

Currently homeless

Those currently
seeking
employment

59%

10% of clients in 2015

were veterans

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How Can You Help?

At Bridge House, we rely on the generosity of people like you to serve the
thousands of individuals we see each year.

Make a Financial Gift

Make a Financial Gift to Bridge House Today and You Can Make a Difference in the Lives of
Boulders Homeless and Working Poor. A little goes a long way.

A GIFT OF

$25

$100

$500

will provide one-hour of

mental health counseling
to people in need

will provide 80 meals for

homeless and working
poor individuals
in Boulder

will provide rental

assistance to help
prevent homelessness
for 5 households

$1,000 $2,000 $5,000

will provide 50 hours of
employment and job
search assistance

will provide one year of

funds for clients to
obtain the appropriate
identification to find
employment and housing

$10,000

will support onsite intake

and assessment for 200
individuals seeking
services at our
Resource Center

will sponsor room and board for

one trainee at our Ready to Work
House for one year

To make an online donation visit www.boulderbridgehouse.org

Creating a Culture of Opportunity for Boulders Homeless and Working Poor

Bridge House 5345 Arapahoe Ave #5 // Boulder CO 80303

303.442-8300 // www.boulderbridgehouse.org